Guacamole

Never buy store bought – yuck! – making it yourself is just too easy and enough can be made to share for with friends under $5. Plus guacamole has endless pairings. Super healthy – avocados are low in calories, high in protein, and high in good fat!

 Ingredients

• 1 avacado
• Juice from 1/2 lime
• 1/2 cup of diced tomatoes (cherry or grape tomatoes prefered)
• 1 clove minced garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 small red onion (optional)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro (optional)

Tools

• cutting board
• spoon
• sharp knife
• butter knife
• garlic press (optional)

Prep Tips

• You don't see it in the video, but lots of people like red onion and cilantro in their guacamole. To add, finely chop a small red onion and a tbsp of cilantro and fold in at end of recipe. See "How to Chop & Dice an Onion" for help with that red onion.
• Cherry and grape tomatoes are best because they are sweeter and play off the other salty ingredients well.

Step by Step

• Cut your avocaod in half and twist to open.
• Remove seed by striking with a knife and spinning it out.
• Hold half of avocado in hand and "graph paper" it with a butter knife - cutting sets of perpendiular lines into the avocaod without piercing the skin. Repeat with other half.
• Spoon out the cubes of avocado into bowl. 
• Squeeze lime juice (or lemon) of half a lime onto the avocado to prevent browning while you prep other ingredients.
• Mince garlic and add to bowl.
• Mush ingredients together with fork to desired consistency. (It's ok that some like it smooth and some like it chunky!)
• Add diced tomatoes, fold in.
  • HOW TO: Dice a Tomato
• Sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Serving Suggestions

• As a dip, with blue corn chips, tortilla, pita chips, or nachos.
• As a dip, with veggie sticks.
• As a dip for quesadillas.
• Spread onto your tortillas when making fajitas or burritos.